[OPEN-ILS-DEV] TypeError: g.my_libs_tree is null

[Ben Shum]

Those sound like the right places (by default).  Maybe also the apache
log, which I think goes towards /var/log/apache/*.log

You did restart apache service after you ran autogen, right?  And exit
out of the client and try over.

-- Ben

On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 12:39 PM, Chris Rafferty
<chris-rafferty at live.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi Ben,
>
> Thanks for getting back to me.   We have run autogen.sh script and it
> appears to work, no errors displayed.
>
> I can't see any errors in the gateway.log or the osrfsys.log (these are the
> only log files that appear to be being written too).  Should I be looking
> somewhere else?
>
> Regards
> Chris
>
>> Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2016 09:45:22 -0400
>> From: ben at evergreener.net
>> To: open-ils-dev at list.georgialibraries.org
>> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-DEV] TypeError: g.my_libs_tree is null
>
>>
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> "TypeError: g.my_libs_tree is null" is a pretty common error message
>> that I've seen whenever I forget to do a proper autogen.sh / apache
>> restart on my Evergreen server.
>>
>> Sounds like that step didn't work as expected. So I would try that
>> again. And check the logs in case it fails for whatever reason.
>>
>> Also, I notice that you put (Desktop) in parenthesis after the Ubuntu
>> distribution in your opening explanation. The Evergreen community
>> only tests and officially supports the 64-bit Server edition of Ubuntu
>> LTS, so your mileage and experience may vary attempting to use
>> Evergreen on a Desktop edition. I know from personal experience
>> working with others in the past that some installations have appeared
>> successful but failed to run properly due to missing/different package
>> dependencies between Desktop vs. Server. Hard to say if that will
>> affect your functionality in this particular case, but it is generally
>> advisable to stick to more widely used Linux distributions for the
>> project.
>>
>> Good luck, hope this helps you move forward.
>>
>> -- Ben
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 4:43 AM, Chris Rafferty
>> <chris-rafferty at live.co.uk> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I have installed release 2.10.1 from using the official downloads on a
>> > machine running ubuntu-trusty 14.04 LTS (Desktop). Following the
>> > instructions both the installation of opensrf and evergreen appear to
>> > work
>> > correctly, I can see the expected results as documented.
>> >
>> > When running the everygreen client on the same machine I get an error
>> > message after logging in: "TypeError: g.my_libs_tree is null". Pressing
>> > ok,
>> > the message box disappears and the area in the client interface called
>> > 'Workstation' now has a red border and it says 'please wait' in the box
>> > next
>> > to 'WS Name', can you please suggest what might be wrong?
>> >
>> > Regards
>> > Chris
>> >